I want to keep up my blog, even if I do not always find the time. I am honestly not sure why I, but I like to have a "safe" place online where I can write and share the things I want. Last year I deleted most of my social media accounts and wanted to focus on my blog. That did not happen.

I want to try again this year. Not a new year, new life kind of promise. But I really want to start posting again, take more photos and get back online.

Last year was a bit crazy and busy. Writing my master thesis was almost the end of me, but I managed to get through it. It is weird to think that I used to cry a lot because of the thesis. Last year I also got a new job as a teacher. Also a reason for the radio silence and the main reason why I never posted much last fall.

This summer we also spent one day at Ribe Vikinge Center in Denmark. We got some thypical nordic summer weather, rain, rain, rain. But we had a great time regardless. Reconstructed buildings, farm, market place. Beautiful Danish nature and a truly special place with a great atosphere. Every year there is a big viking festival and market at Ribe. We also got to know that it is possible to order a spot or a house and live as vikings on the location.

The following text is taken from Ribe VikingeCenters website:

Background and history

Archaeologists and people with a general interest in history have always believed that Ribe played an important role in the Denmark of the Viking Age. The challenge, of course, was to put this claim to the test of scientific examination.

Excavations carried out in the area by Den Antikvariske Samling (The Antiquarian Collection, now part of Sydvestjyske Museer, the association of museums in south-western Denmark) over the last many years have fully confirmed these assumptions.

Almost every year, new and exciting finds are made, and there is no longer any doubt that Ribe is one the world's most important regions for the documentation of trade, craftsmanship and farming in the Viking Age.

The stated purpose of Ribe VikingeCenter is to communicate Ribe's Viking Age history by bringing it to life in our reconstructed environments.

In June I went to Brighton to visit my best friend. I brought back some treasures. // I juni dro eg til Brighton for å besøke bestevenninna mi, og tok med meg heim nokre skattar.

We went to a viking festival at Avaldsnes in June, and I worked pretty much all the other days. I had some time to read before and after work. // Vi reiste til vikingfestivalen på Avaldnes i juni, og resten av dagane jobba eg. Det var likevel tid til å lese litt både før og etter jobb.

The Norwegian summer: Rain, rain and more rain. And suddenly found out there is a viking grave in just behind the hill where we live. // Den norske sommaren: regn, regn og meire regn. Fann plutseleg ut at det er ein vikinggrav i nabolaget.